This file was last updated on 20190821 by Philip Espinola Coombs


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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset

MIT Libraries Data Management Services Workshop Assessment


2. Author Information


        Name: Philip Espinola Coombs
           Institution: Boston University
           Email: pcoombs@bu.edu

        Name: Amy Nurnberger
           Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
           Email: nurnberg@mit.edu

        Name: Christine Malinowksi
           Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
           Email: cmalin@mit.edu


3. Date of data collection

201805 - 201808



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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:

CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:

Coombs, Philip E., Christine Malinowski, and Amy Nurnberger. 2019. "Skills, Standards, and Sapp Nelson's Matrix: Evaluating Research Data Management Workshop Offerings." Journal of eScience Librarianship 8(1): e1162. https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2019.1162

3. Recommended citation for the data:

Coombs, Philip, 2019, "MIT Libraries Data Management Services Workshop Assessment", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RIMKTJ, Harvard Dataverse




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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File Naming Schema

All files originated from two multi-tab Google Sheets. These multi-tab sheets are provided as XLSX files (see H and I files below).

All individual spreadsheets are also provided as CSV files following the naming schema: <Workbook name>_<Spreadsheet/Tab name>.csv

A readme file for each of the two groupings of Workbook files are provided as <Workbook name>_ReadMe.txt (see A and D files below).


2. File List

   A. Filename: RevisedScaffolding_ReadMe.txt
      Short description: Key and description for the RevisedScaffolding group of files, which focus on the instrument used in the assessment: the modified version of Sapp Nelson's Competency Matrix for Data Management Skills.

   B. Filename: RevisedScaffolding_ScaffoldedCompetencies.csv
      Short description: The instrument itself: the modified version of Sapp Nelson's Competency Matrix for Data Management Skills.

   C. Filename: RevisedScaffolding_References.csv
      Short description: References cited in the modified version of Sapp Nelson's Competency Matrix for Data Management Skills.

   D. Filename: Data_ReadMe.txt
      Short description: Key and description for the Data group of files, which focus on the data gathered in our assessment.

   E. Filename: Data_AssessmentMatrix.csv
      Short description: Presents data gathered from the assessment. Shows the presence or absence of learning objectives for each of the assessed workshops.

   F. Filename: Data_CompetencyCoveragebyWorkshop.csv
      Short description: Shows the number of learning objectives in each competency area, and the percentage of learning objectives in each competency area, which are covered in each workshop.

   G. Filename: Data_CompetencyAreaCoverage.csv
      Short description: Includes a table showing the number and percentage of learning objectives covered at least once in any workshop

   H. Filename: Data_DMS_Workshop_Assessments.xlsx
      Short description: All data gathered from the assessments. Includes information in files E, F, and G.

   I. Filename: RevisedScaffolding.xlsx
      Short description: The assessment instrument. Includes information in files B and C.

   J. Filename: MITdmsWorkshopAssessment_ReadMe.txt
      Short description: Provides keys and description for project as a whole.


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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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1. Assessment instrument.

We used a modified version of Sapp Nelson's Competency Matrix for Data Management Skills to evaluate the current educational offerings of Data Management Services at MIT Libraries.

Original:

Nelson, M. S. (2016). Scaffolding for data management skills: From undergraduate education through postgraduate training and beyond. Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/R7QJ7F9R

2. Full methodology

Our full methodology is described in:

Coombs, Philip E., Christine Malinowski, and Amy Nurnberger. 2019. "Skills, Standards, and Sapp Nelson's Matrix: Evaluating Research Data Management Workshop Offerings." Journal of eScience Librarianship 8(1): e1162. https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2019.1162

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